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More rock art found at OrmaigUnearthing hidden treasures at Ormaig "An open day was held at the Ormaig rock art site looking over Loch Craignish on Saturday to display the work of the recent excavation project... continues... |
Posted by baza31st July 2007ce Edited 13th August 2007ce |
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We visited the site on the 8th of June, a couple of weeks before Greywether. What struck us first of all was the state the motifs were in. So much more weathered than a couple of years ago. Furthermore there was a black area near the rosettes -also seen on Greywether´s pics- which consits of dead mosses. The substance felt like tarmac and it seems as if the mosses were burned or manipulated with some sort of -acid?- liquid. There could be a natural reason for this weird phenomenon as well. But in that case it is strange that it is seen in only a small, limited area. We brushed some pine-needles away at site 2 to clear the long N-S panel in the wood. On former visits we weren´t able to make much of it because of the thick moss-layer which we left in place then. But now we were more lucky and photographed the splendid motifs. Had we known that Greywether was following our trail we would have left the needles of. Sorry, mate! |
Posted by rockartuk30th June 2004ce |
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Making a return visit to this site was the main reason for scheduling a further visit to Kilmartin as an add-on to the Achnagoul sites. These things are largely determined by the weather and, as it turned out, this resulted in my coming back less than a week since my previous visit. It is, of course, the rosettes which are the main attraction here and wonderful they are to - deeply carved and visible in any lighting conditions. The main rosette on rock (1) - see Miscellaneous below for numbering - is 30cm wide. I met Arran and Emma from hengeweb.com at the site and we looked for the other rocks in the forest. We could find only one which we thought was part of rock (2). However, having studied the plan of (2) in more detail, I'm not so sure - it could be part of (3) that we found. As regards access, I've not tried the method described in the link below. I parked at the Carnassarie Castle car park and walked from there. This takes you past the Carnassarie stones to enter the forest at NM834010 on a track which meets up with the forest road described in the link - a short distance before the ruined house. Visited 25 June 2004 |
Posted by greywether28th June 2004ce Edited 28th June 2004ce |
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There are six areas of decoration here as listed in the Royal Commission Inventory and the Kilmartin extract. The two areas which you see when you arrive at the site (with the rosetttes and the graffiti) are, in the Inventory, one site - number (1). Number (2) is described as "a steeply sloping finger of bare rock a short distance N of (1)". It is about 6m long running N to S. Heavily decorated including a further rosette. Number (3) is "immediately W of the top of (2)" - two groups of cups and single rings. Number (4) is 2m NNW of (3). Six plain cups. Number (5) is 1m N of (4). Nine cups and five cups with single rings. Number (6) is 4m N of (2). Ten cups. (2) to (6) are in the forest, covered in pine needles and may be difficult to find. |
Posted by greywether 28th June 2004ce |
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Ormaig on BRAC |
Posted by rockartuk 6th August 2007ce |
Megalithic WalksImages and description for this hidden site - gives directions, which is nice! |
Posted by IronMan16th October 2002ce |
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